EUROPEAN UNION
| 14/02 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Informal Development Cooperation meeting (and 15/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting between Mr Barroso, Mr Rehn and Prime Minister of FYROM, Vlado Buckovski - Ceremony to submit questionnaire on FYROM's accession application |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Week mainly given over to preparations for forthcoming plenary |
| 15/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Mr Barroso meets Gerhard Schröder |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Socialist group of the EP: conference on proposed directive on public services and on future of services of general interest (and 16/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ms Hübner attends Conference “Constitution and Cohesion” (EP) |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Speech by Mr Mandelson “How can external trade promote growth and competitiveness in Europe” at high-level seminar on the Lisbon Strategy |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-12/03 P Commission/ Tetra Laval (competition), ruling C-13/03 P Commission/ Tetra Laval (competition) |
| 16/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the Eurogroup |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| 17/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-215/03 Oulane (free movement of persons), joint affairs ruling C-453/02, C-462/02 Linneweber (taxation), ruling C-134/03 Viacom Outdoor (freedom to provide services) |
| 21/02 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affaires and External Relations Council (and 22/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Ukraine Cooperation Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Education and Youth Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 24/02) |
| 22/02 - | BRUSSELS: - EU/Moldova Cooperation Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: Visit of American president George Bush to the European institutions |
OTHER EVENTS
| 12/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Earth and Space Week (initiative of the Commission and ESA) (to 20) |
| 14/02 - | BUDAPEST: - International Labour Office (ILO): 7th European regional meeting (to 18) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on “European Competition Policy in a Transatlantic Perspective” organised by ECARES-ULB |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Speech by Ms Wallström to the Conference “Europe's Communications Crisis: Truth-telling or Spin?” |
| - | RENNES: - Conference of Mr Barrot: “L'Europe, une société à inventer, un espace privilégié pour l'espérance humaine” at the Semaines Sociales of Brittany |
| 16/02 - | SURINAM: - Mr Michel attends 16th meeting of the “Conference of the Heads of the Caribbean Community - CARICOM” (and 17/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 3rd Earth Observation Summit |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Speech by Mr Dimas at the “Earth and Space Week” Conference |
| 17/02 - | PARIS: - OECD/ Enterprise directorate: World Forum on Competition (and 18/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ministerial Conference on sharing the benefits of space cooperation (and 18/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Colloquium by Confrontations Europe and Groupe Alpha “For a European industrial dialogue: a contribution to the Lisbon Strategy” (at the EP) (and 18/02) |
| - | BARCELONA: - IUPT (International Union of Public Transport) Conference “The finance dilemma: growing requirements versus declining funds” (and 18/02) |
| 18/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Ms Wallström attends Conference « Spain and the European Constitution » |
| 22/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Highest level NATO-Ukraine committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting at the summit of the North Atlantic Council |